“In the later half year on 2019, I had my off-cycle internship in Alibaba Group, Cainiao Network in Hangzhou, China, being the Finance Intern in the Corporate Finance and Relations team under the supervision of Mr Daniel Zhu.

The duties and responsibilities included assisted team in data mining, research and analysis in various projects such as the Alibaba Investor Day, Cainiao Post Stations Financial Modelling; conducted company quarter reports, competitor reports and market research and database maintenance; and provided support to handle related documents in Equity Financing and M&A projects.

The tasks were challenging but fun and the internship provided me with opportunities to integrate the knowledge I’ve learnt in university into the workplace and improved my skills from different perspectives.

Moreover, I utilized my knowledge in university such as accounting, corporate finance and financial markets into the workplace and the internship equipped me with deeper understanding of the business operations and deal transactions in the practice.

Lastly, the most essential treasure harvested from this internship was the soft skills such as leadership skills and being a team player while I was working and negotiating with colleague and thus my communication skills also improved.

In conclusion, I am grateful to have a wonderful internship experience in Alibaba Group Cainiao Network during my undergraduate study.

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“I have joined BASF as an intern in 2019 for 6 months.

Working in this team has offered me with the opportunity to strengthen my knowledge in international finance and develop financial analysis skills in the credit perspective.

My takeaways from the internship experience also include gaining proficiency in various computer software, treasury and credit risk industry knowledge, data analysis experience and communication skills development.

For students who would like to pursue a career in corporate finance or a leading multinational company, I believe such internship experience would be a good option for them to get a taste of how working in this industry would be.”

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“I did not know about AlphaSights, or even about the existence of the industry prior to my job search.

AlphaSights is an information services company that connects experts known as advisors with its clients on specific topics.

The first week of the internship was called “AlphaCamp”.

After the week of AlphaCamp, mock calls and CP test I got onto the desk where I was assigned a trainer and a manager on a specific team.

AlphaSights has a heavy emphasis on monitoring the professional development of their associates.

Overall, I had a fruitful experience at AlphaSights and most of my tasks involved connecting clients with the appropriate expert for 1-hour phone interactions.

There were a couple of opportunities where I had the chance to conduct presentations regarding weekly team performance statistics, future targets and any interesting findings I had to share.

Furthermore, with GLEF being a small course, I had access to having several meetings with Prof.

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“Wellington is one of the top asset management firms in the world with more than 1 trillion US dollar asset under management.

I felt that the whole internship was similar to a test of my ability to conduct work as a full time investment associate.

Through this internship, I confirmed that I love this job and I want to pursue a career here.

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“In July and August 2019, I worked as a summer intern in John Swire & Sons (Swire) Summer Internship Programme.

I was seconded to Cathay Pacific Airways, one of the operating companies.

To ensure that I have support every step on the way, Swire provided me with access to coaches and a management trainee buddy who will offer guidance and development feedback throughout the Programme.

Being a GLEF student, I have attended different courses to attain subject-specific skills that enable me to apply economic principles and models.

Moreover, both Faculties have provided resources for students to gain more exposure to the commercial and cultural world through courses of different themes, talks held by external speakers, while training students in job-hunting through workshops and interview practices.

It was a privilege to utilize my analytical skills and knowledge gained from previous courses in GLEF.

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